Literary notes about adept (AI summary)
In literature the word "adept" is frequently employed to signify a person of extraordinary proficiency, whether in practical skills, intellectual pursuits, or even mystical arts. Authors use the term to highlight characters whose abilities seem almost innate and surpass ordinary competence—as when someone is celebrated for effortlessly executing complex tasks ([1]) or for mastering deceptive or subtle arts ([2], [3]). It appears in contexts ranging from the mundane, such as excelling in everyday tricks or crafts ([4]), to the arcane, as in being deeply attuned to secret or metaphysical knowledge ([5], [6]). Whether describing a youthful expert in unconventional endeavors ([7]) or a seasoned practitioner in specialized fields ([8]), "adept" carries with it a sense of expertise that both charms and intrigues the reader.
- Mr. Becker is very adept, quick, and does the grafting so that it actually seems effortless.
— from Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting - That too proves him to be a clever contriver of situations, and an ingenious adept with the pen and scissors.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 by Various - An adept in the business, standing at the box and seeing by the mere action of the elbow where each put his ball, scowled with annoyance.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - I became quite an adept in inventing new ways of keeping the children occupied and amused.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore - “Let it not be supposed,” says Mr Sinnett,—for it is not his Guru who is now speaking,—“that for any adept such a passage can be lightly undertaken.
— from Fashionable Philosophy, and Other Sketches by Laurence Oliphant - When an Adept has placed himself en rapport with the universal mind he becomes a real power in Nature.
— from Five Years of Theosophy - There was no other course but to press forward in redskin fashion, at which happily he was an adept [expert].
— from Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie - [1034] : the adept can summon them, assume their attributes and attain union with them.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
